How can I add a ‘By’ line?

look at how the default theme adds it…

In the WordPress Default 1.6 theme, the author of a post is not displayed, but the code is there so use that as an example.

In wp-content/themes/default/index.php change this code:
<!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
to
by <?php the_author() ?> </small>

Essentially you are ‘uncommenting the code’ so that it works.

Resources:
template tag
the_author()
Editing Files
Stepping Into Template Tags
Template Hierarchy

Thanks. I’ll give it a try.

EDIT.

Read through the code again it’s just as Michael said.

I think I found it & I un-commented the code. Should the ‘by’ line exist now on my exists posts or only on new ones?

Thanks.

Here is the full text of my index.php file now. The code has been un-commented, but I saw no ‘by’ line on a new post I just made.

What have I done wrong?

Thanks.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<small><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> by <?php the_author() ?></small>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
</div>

<p class=”postmetadata”>Posted in <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?></p>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(‘« Previous Entries’) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(‘Next Entries »’) ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<p class=”center”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.</p>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

It’s still commented. Looking at your source code I see this.
<small>January 15th, 2008 <!-- by Frag Monger --></small>

Got it!

I’m a moron. I edited the index.php file for a theme I wasn’t using! (D’oh!)

Thanks to all for the help! ??